I remember once being called out a stalwart or stollie had broken down in the tank bath. We reversed a Landy into the water up to the doors and pulled it out low ratio fwd with a straight bar. What a tool they were when new. Em
When the Puma-engined Landies came out in 2007 we got invited up to Eastnor Castle for a day to drive them. There was a wading section and it was frankly weird to drive a Defender through deep water without it coming pissing in through the door seals.
Tim H. 1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
Pissing in through just about everywhere was a deliberate LR feature ... stopped you floating away like so much modern stuff ... I love seeing over‐optimistic, hermetically sealed small saloons starting to bob gently in 18" of water! 🙂
Pissing in through just about everywhere was a deliberate LR feature ... stopped you floating away like so much modern stuff ... I love seeing over‐optimistic, hermetically sealed small saloons starting to bob gently in 18" of water! 🙂
It pisses out again just as quickly!K
I did love my 110 300Tdi, but quickly learnt to remove all the carpets and felt insulation prior to any wading. I remember the dealer telling me with an almost straight face the leaks are there to let the water out again!
I recall reading somewhere that LR being concerned at the leaky nature of their vehicles, asked Toyota about how they did it with the Landcruiser. As well as discussions re their seals, Toyota advised they also test the production vehicles weekly, on each Friday evening they take a stray cat (apologies to all cat lovers) lock it in the car with all of the air vents closed. On returning on Monday morning the poor moggie was expected to have suffocated. Great idea said LR, so the poor old Solihull mouser was locked in a Defender on the next Friday evening. When they came back on Monday they found that the cat had escaped and was asleep on the bonnet!
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